About Gharthara Village

Gharthara is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 178 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gharthara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gharthara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176202
Area (hectares)	99.54 hectares
Population	359
Male Population	178
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gharthara compares

By the 2011 count Gharthara is the 155th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 99.54 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Gharthara

Gharthara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gharthara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gharthara from other places

Gharthara lies about 50 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 3.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gharthara
Nearest railway station	Kandwal	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	7.9 km
Nearest town	Mamun	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	50 km

Villages closest to Gharthara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nurpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gharthara

As per the Census of India 2011, Gharthara village had a population of 359. That makes it the 155th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Gharthara village has 178 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gharthara has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Gharthara is 176202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gharthara covers 99.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gharthara falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gharthara is Kandwal, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Gharthara.

Gharthara is about 50 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gharthara is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 3.7 km away. Nurpur is about 7.9 km away. Mamun is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.